Obligation in Exile

The Jewish Diaspora, Israel and Critique

AvIlan Zvi Baron

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Combining political theory and sociological interviews spanning four countries, Israel, the USA, Canada and the UK, Ilan Zvi Baron explores the Jewish Diaspora/Israel relationship and suggests that instead of looking at Diaspora Jews' relationship with Israel as a matter of loyalty, it is one of obligation. Baron develops an outline for a theory of transnational political obligation and, in the process, provides an alternative way to understand and explore the Diaspora/Israel relationship than one mired in partisan debates about whether or not being a good Jew means supporting Israel. He concludes by arguing that critique of Israel is not just about Israeli policy, but about what it means to be a Diaspora Jew.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399536967

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Ilan Zvi Baron is Lecturer in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University.

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At once a thought-provoking account of transnational political obligation and a sure-footed consideration of the fraught terrain on which Jewish-Israeli relations unfold. Not all will find Baron's notion of obligation persuasive; yet the book opens fresh ground for academics seeking to balance normatively-inflected political analysis against critical self-reflection, and – it is to be hoped – among Jews and Israelis seeking to reflect upon, and make sense of, their own affiliations and ambivalences.

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Limits of Political Obligation; 2: Power and Obligation; 3: Between Zion and Diaspora: internationalisms, transnationalisms, obligation and security; 4: From Eating Hummus to the Sublime; 5: Obligation and Critique; Conclusion: Obligation in Exile, Critique and the Future of the Jewish Diaspora